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Joint Submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Qatar

Joint Submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Qatar

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Wed, 2018-11-07

Foreigners account for nearly 90 percent of Qatar’s 2.2 million population, and thousands – including pregnant women and their children – have been detained in recent years, sometimes in overcrowded conditions for periods lasting more than a year. The GDP and Migrant-Rights.Org’s latest submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination highlights the conditions migrants face in the country, and presents key concerns that Qatar should address. Read the full submission here.